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The Spring Cleaning Murders (Ellie Haskell Mystery #8)
If there's anybody funnier than Dorothy Cannell, says Nancy Pickard, I don't want to meet her until my sides stop aching. For thirteen years, the award-winning author of The Thin Woman, The Widows' Club, and Down the Garden Path has enchanted readers who relish Nancy Atherton, Carolyn Hart, and Diane Mott Davidson. Now she brings us her inimitable Ellie Haskell--heroine of...more
Hardcover, Large Print, 0 pages
Published
February 1st 1999
by Thomas T. Beeler Publisher
(first published 1998)
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Ellie Haskell tackles spring cleaning at Merlin's Court, her home, as well as solving the murders of several charwomen in her village.
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were vivid and entertaining, and the list of suspects was lively and full of secrets. The absence of slapstick and the nice interweaving of plotlines made for an excellent read.
The plot, at first, seemed straightforward, but there was plenty of obfuscation, and by the end, I was pleasantly confused. Mrs. Malloy's subplot...more
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were vivid and entertaining, and the list of suspects was lively and full of secrets. The absence of slapstick and the nice interweaving of plotlines made for an excellent read.
The plot, at first, seemed straightforward, but there was plenty of obfuscation, and by the end, I was pleasantly confused. Mrs. Malloy's subplot...more
This is my first in this mystery series, which seems a bit dated to me, even though it was written in 98. Ellie Haskell is (of course) married to the man of her dreams, but, darn it, her cleaning ladies keep dropping like flies. I didn't think Cannell totally pulled off the relationship between the charwomen and their employer/friend...we seem to be supposed to be amused by the way they take her kindness and consideration of them as equal for granted, so that kind of grated the wrong way for me....more
Spring Cleaning Murders
Dorothy Cannell
Mystery
275 pages
copyright: 1998
isbn: 0-670-87511-6
Spring cleaning fever almost has the inimitable Ellie Haskell scrubbing the Merlin's Court chandeliers with a toothbrush, turning the entire household topsy-turvy. But when members of the Chitterton Fells Charwomen's Association (C.F.C.W.A.) start biting the dust, Ellie must drop everything to discover what dark secrets the victims had swept under the carpet. All in the service of her investigation, Ellie ple...more
Dorothy Cannell
Mystery
275 pages
copyright: 1998
isbn: 0-670-87511-6
Spring cleaning fever almost has the inimitable Ellie Haskell scrubbing the Merlin's Court chandeliers with a toothbrush, turning the entire household topsy-turvy. But when members of the Chitterton Fells Charwomen's Association (C.F.C.W.A.) start biting the dust, Ellie must drop everything to discover what dark secrets the victims had swept under the carpet. All in the service of her investigation, Ellie ple...more
Ellie Haskell is an English housewife with two children, a husband, and an elderly gardener. Vegitarians picket her husband's restraunt and her house keeper leaves to take care of a grandchild. Then the members of the local housekeeper's association start dying. Ellie investigates the situation. I thought the story waas a little offbeat and could not really get into it due to an ewxcessive amout of descriptive detail.
Another in the Ellie Haskell of the small English coastal town of Chitterton Falls mystery. As usual, Ellie bumbles along a bit in mixing things up and not quite finishing what she starts. Unlike previous ones, this one has less of these qualities as well as her wise cracking, and focuses more upon the series of murders and efforts to solve them. So there is more focus on the mystery than the lighter take of the misadventures of Ellie and her dealings with the various other people in her family...more
A fun, easy read - Dorothy Cannell writes with a sense of humor that I enjoy. Don't remember where I picked this book up at (probably a thrift store) but it's signed by the author! :)
Mildly entertaining and an easy read. British cozy style but lacking in some way. Perhaps if I had found an earlier novel of the series I would have enjoyed it more.
I used to love this series, but with this book I started to lose interest. The situations became more and more offbeat, and the humor just wasn't that funny.
I love the Ellie Haskell books - None of them are as fun as the first in the series, The Thin Woman, but they all are quick, snappy reads. Highly recommend the series.
My first Cannell mystery. Interesting characters all in all. A quick and easy read for fun.
I seem to be bingeing on British cozy's. Here's another good series.
Fun read, interesting characters, and a little intrigue.
Nov 27, 2011
Kitty Tomlinson
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Ellie, her husband, Ben, live-in gardener, Jonas, Cousin Freddy and cleaning lady, Ms. Malloy, work to solve murders of cleaning ladies.
Short and fun. Reading about a housewife who discovers would-be criminals all around her puts me in the mood for adventure.
Jun 15, 2013
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Dorothy Cannell was born in London, England, and now lives in Belfast, Maine. Dorothy Cannell writes mysteries featuring Ellie Haskell, interior decorator and Ben Haskell, writer and chef, and Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, a pair of dotty sisters and owners of the Flowers Detection Agency.
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Dorothy Cannell was born in London, England, and now lives in Belfast, Maine. Dorothy Cannell writes mysteries featuring Ellie Haskell, interior decorator and Ben Haskell, writer and chef, and Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, a pair of dotty sisters and owners of the Flowers Detection Agency.
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